Check out the new features in ZBrush 2019
Big free update to the sculpting software adds new NPR render system and alpha modelling toolkit.
Wednesday, March 6th, 2019
perpetual licence
Quixel releases Mixer for free
Next-gen material creation tool is now available to download for free during its beta. Will become a $99 perpetual licence on final release.
Wednesday, January 30th, 2019
Adobe acquires Allegorithmic
We assess the potential impact of the buyout on the licensing and development of key Allegorithmic software like Substance Painter.
Thursday, January 24th, 2019
Otoy ships OctaneRender 4.0
Long-awaited major update to the GPU renderer adds the Brigade path tracing engine, AI denoising, light linking, new ubermaterial.
Thursday, November 22nd, 2018
Flowbox ships Flowbox 1.7, integrates Mocha
Smart roto tool gets new edition with the Academy Award-winning planar tracker integrated into it.
Tuesday, July 31st, 2018
Basefount ships Miarmy 5.5
Simulate large scenes up to 20x faster with the Maya crowd tool's new intelligent instancing system. Redshift support also now added.
Friday, June 23rd, 2017
Foundry releases Mari 3.3
3D painting package gets option to edit paint already committed to a model, plus new 'individual subscription' licensing system.
Friday, May 26th, 2017
Autodesk to discontinue perpetual licences of Arnold
Firm reverses its policy on acquiring the renderer from Solid Angle last April, moves to rental-only pricing.
Tuesday, May 9th, 2017
Allegorithmic stops 'major numbered versions' of its tools
Big annual releases of Substance Designer and Painter replaced with continuous updates, but you can still own outright.
Monday, May 8th, 2017
Autodesk to raise price of its software maintenance plans
Cost of maintaining a perpetual licence of Max or Maya to rise 38% by 2019, phased in year by year.
Tuesday, March 7th, 2017
PipelineFX introduces metered licensing for Qube!
Rent licences of the renderfarm manager on the fly; pay per minute at a rate equivalent to $0.10/hour.
Wednesday, July 13th, 2016
Unity revamps subscriptions in reply to user complaints
Updated: Unity Plus subscribers get option to turn off the splash screen; users of the free Personal edition can customise it.
Friday, June 17th, 2016
Autodesk unveils new M&E Industry Collection
Cheaper than the Entertainment Creation Suites it replaces on 1 August, though it omits Softimage.
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016